Coin-handling apparatus.



C. P. HIDDEN.

com HANDLING APPARATUS` APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20.1913.

Patented June 22, 1915.

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A COIN HANDLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 20.19Ia.

L/u I M @www @Mv @JMW Patented June 22, 1915.

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'5U renin CHARLES P. HIDDEN, OF BROC-KL-INE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TG LAVISON COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CURE'ORA'I'ION GF NEN JERSEY.

COIN-HAND-IG APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. vPajnugd. Jung 22, j' 915,

Application led October 20, 1913. Serial No. 796.229.

provide a very simple and improved mech nisin whereby upon the pressure ol'` the fin? ger or the like upon a button or lio an amount ol.: change will be automatieallvvY ejected or disloi. ged from one or more-eoinpartments as the ease ma)7 be, of a coin tray or receptacle.

I have llurther aimed to so construct the said apparatus that the base thereof will occupy but a email amount oi', i'or example, Counter space; which feature is extremely desirable where apliaratusel: this` descri ption is used in stores, banks and the like.

A Another object of'my invention has been to so construct the apparatus that the said coin tray when removed from the ejecting mechanism proper, Will'be substantially devoid of movable parts. l

l have further aimed to produce a meehanisniof the cliaraeter in question in whichthe number of parts may be hel-l at sul stantialli7 a minimum; at least iu 'ieu' of the requisite eomi'iactruiiss, ease and certaint;Y of operation. i

I have also provided means whereby, if desired, but 'forty nine keys may be provided in combination with a egieeial auxiliary lei'er to enable the operator to make change up to one dollar and indeed more than this amount, with practically no more el'ort upon his part for amounts up to one dollar than ia required in maehines oi' this 'lescription, a.' usually made, in which a bank of one hundred keys is ole-ed.

These and other objects of my invention "ill be hereinafter referred to and the novel elementey and combination of elements whereby the same may be attained will be more particularly pointed our. in the claims aiiipended hereto.

.ln the .ficcompanylng di Wings which elemente or puel] bare 7 y stamped or eut out ol sheet metal and being lorin a pai-thereof l have exen'ipliiied preferred loi-ms ol' mj, ai'iparalus; but as l am aware that. 'various' changes and modifie-ations may be made therein Within the pur' vierv of my invention and without depart-- ing from the spirit thereof, l desire to be limited only by the Saco-pe. of said claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l i," a eubstantialiy vertical section of a preferred type of the apparatuejin question; the said Sei-,tion being,` taken on the line l- -1 of Fig.

' Fig. 2 ifi a front elevation of said apparatus partij7 broken away or convenience in illustrating; the coin tray also being removed i'or. the saine reason. Fig. 3 is a top `fier# oi." the preferred forni ol coin tray.' Fig. fl is a fragmentary detail of the corner of one ol the roc-l; frames or plates. Fig. i is a detail rear vieu' of the eoin releasing flap loit' lever togeth 'with the aenociat'cd lever which also controls the ejection of e pieces or the like. Vig. 6 is adiagrammatic fertical section of a modified construction. Fig. 7 is a detail fragmentary View of a lower corner ot a modified rock 'frame or plate.

The elsing l may7 be of any suitable material and construction adapted to support and contain the operating parte, or moet' of the same, and comprises,` a base 2 to' which ieeuitably fastened a sheet metal frame the lateral. walls ot' which i'iiay be I )rovided with recessed lugs 4f for the reception of the .several transverse rods which carryvthe roel; .framers hereinafter referred to, and like parte.

The sloping' top 3 of the casing may, if desireihbe a plate separate from the frame ll suitably secured thereto in any desired manner as indicated in Fig. l and the front 4 olf the owing is also preferably made separate and may be Secured-to the aid lateral WalleI by means of angular clips 5 and o. Thus also, il? desired, the lateral, rear, 'Front and top walls may all be made of eheet metal, bent to the desired configuration, and suitably riveted or clipped together.

The front call is apertured in the upper and. preferably Iearuardl \Y sloping portion tlnireol` for the reception ol? the key-operated these bars bein rectangular in cross Section; the slots S for the reception of the saine in thev said front plate snugly-,fitting said bars so as to per-A mit of guided longitudinal movement of the latter. Each of these push bars carries a key or button 9 which is preferably `correspondingly numbered to the amount of money, in cents, which pressure upon such button will effect the ejection of from the tray 10. It'will be observed that in the preferred form of' my device but 49 such buttons are provided; they together with the lever hereinafter referred to, affording con\ trol of sums ranging from one cent to one dollar or more.V d Q v The tray 10 is preferably a casting having in the front thereof pockets adapted for the reception of coins of various denominations. Preferably, as shown in Fig. 3, the two left hand pockets are adapted to retain dimes orl The next pocket or comv tencent pieces. partment from the left is adapted to hold quarters or twenty-five cent pieces; 'the next for half dollars or fty cent pieces; the next, nickels or five cent pieces and the remaining three, stacks of pennies.

The coin compartment walls are substantially cylindrical and the coins may be inserted thereinto freely from the top; the bottom coin normally reposing in eachL ease upon a suitable ledge, or rather ledges 12, since a slot 13 extends transversely across the bottom through each of these latter and is adapted to form a guide way for the coin ,jectors 14. vThese latter have preferably somewhat the form of a shallow U; and as viewed in Fig. 1, the short left hand upvwardly extending arm 15 ofthe U consti tutes the part which actually engages a given coin. Preferablj7 this part is sloped down rearwardly from its highest and foreejector when the part 15 is being pulled back in contact withvand depressed by the bottom of the lowermost coin in the corresponding pocket.

The right hand arm 16 of e'ach ejector has, pivotally connected thereto, asl at 17, the ear like extremities of its actuating lever D8. Each ofthe latter is pivoted at' 19 to a suitable bracket 20 which may be secured to the front plate i in any desired manner, as by projecting the forward end of each of said brackets into suitably sloping walled slots 21 in said front plate and peening said ends to form adore-tail connection.

Each lever 1S is substantially U shaped in cross section and hence is adapted for th'e reception of the iiat bracket 20 which supports the same; while its eared lower extremities straddle or embrace the ejectors 14 50 in the manner above indicated. The upper and similarly eared extremity of each lever 18 is pivotally connected to .a flat link 22 and the other extremity of each such link is in turn pivotally connected at 23 to ears 24 which may, if desired, be punched for-f most point to facilitate the retraction of the I wardly out of the corresponding rock frame jby corresponding coil springs 29; these springs being substantially all in the same practically horizontal plane, and having ,their rear extremities connected to an angle bar 30 which is' fastened to the rear wall of vthe casing. v

It will be noted that by reason of the construction shown. each spring 29 not only serves to retract its corresponding ejector but further serves to retain the upper straight edge 31 thereof in contact with the guiding wall 32 of the slot 33 provided opposite the middle of each coin pocket adjacent kthe lower edge ofd the`front plate 4. Hence the coin ejecting nose or nib 15 isy forced to move in the bottommost coin in the corresponding repository or pocket', whichinsures a proper; ejection of said coin from' the llatter.

gided relationship to ,i

-- The levers 18 are normally all disposed'in vsubstantially the same vertical plane. ybut since the grids or'frames 25 are arrangedA successively one'behind the other, the links 22 which connect the respective levers and frames are made increasingly longer, preferably as the left hand side of the apparatus is-approached, viewing said apparatus as in Fig. 1. will be slotted, as at 34,*for the reception of these links; but such slots may be made suili-y ciently long to accommodate the somewhat irregular disposition of said links, which ioo Of course the plates or grids 25 f avoids special Ipunching of the grids in such portions thereof.

It will be understood, further that while the first plate will have six links extending therethrough, each succeeding plate back will have one less link projecting through it, so that a number of slotsl will be idle.4 Similarly, while for convenience of manufacture a. grid may, if desired, have the ears 24 thereof struck up in correspondence with Y the spaces between the centers of the coin pockets, across substantially the entire width of said plate; but one pair of such ears will be actually connected to a link for any given plate. In fact absolute uniformity Y fy of said plates may be had if a single slot' or rather, in this case, extended recess 26 to accommodate the reception of allft'hqgl Springs 29 in the rearmost plate, ,as in Fi Y' 7, wherein aV lower corner 'of such afame s"- .125 beprovided in the bottom of each plate or grid which shall be deep and wide enoughV shown; said frame being designated B5. The plates or frames 25 or 35, as the case may be, may conveniently be mounted upon a series of fixed rods 36; and in the pre` ferred construction there are 7 of such rods disposed in a plane which' is preferably oblique to thehorizontal, owingr to the oblique disposition of the push rods 7, which latter facilitates the reading of the numerals upon the buttons or keys. The extremities of the rods 36 are received into suitable recesses in the lugs 4, above referred to.

Referring to Fig. l, it will be noted, that the respective push bars are adapted for 'longitudinal movement through their corresponding apertures 8 in the front plate 4, as above noted; while the inner ends of these bars arek correspondingly guided and held against lateral displacement by an apertured plate 37. This plate covers a correspond-V ingly recessed block 38 which may conven- Y iently be made of wood if desired and which is fastened in anysuitable -manner to the sloping portion '39 of the casing. The recesses 40 in the block .-38 correspond in number and disposition with the buttons 9. and each of these recesses, of which in the present case there are 49,' contains a light helical orcoiled spring4l, the inner end of each of which may bear against a suitable washer or plug 42 of fiber 6r the like, while the outer or forward 'ends' of -these springs may'bear against washers 42 seated uponv the reduced extremities 43 of the correspending elements 7.

Each of the lbars 7 may be held in its proper position so as to maintain its correspnding spring 41 under suitable compression by a lug 44 which is normallyr held inl contact with the inner or underside of the the left hand or dime repository ofthe tray shown in Fig. 3, and when this plate is rocked, its link 22 swings the lever 18 which controls the` ejector 14 which is adapted to `shove a dime from said left hand pocket of the tray. vSimilarly the next frame 25, going toward theV left in Fig. l, controls the ejection of dimes from the next pocket, going vto the right, in Fig. 3. The'third frame 25. from the right in Fig. l, controls the ction of. quarters from the third pocket from the left in F ig. 3. The fourth frame 25A, from the left of Fig. 1 controls the ejection of nickels from the fifth pocket from the left in Fig. 3. The lifth frame from the left in Fig. l controls the ejection of pennies from the third pocket from the iight in Fig. 3; and it may-be here noted, that the nose 15 of the ejector for this pocket extends up into said pocket sufficiently-to effect the ejection of two pennies at one time. Similarly the sixth frame from the right in Fig. l controls the ejection of two pennies at a time from the second coin'pocket from the right in Fig. `3, while .the most left hand frame 25 in Fig. 1 controls the ejection, of single pennies from the right hand coin pocket of the tray, as viewed in Fig. 3. It will be seen, therefore, that in order to effect the ejection of 4.9 from the tray the five lugs 45 upon the corresponding element 7 will respectively engage the three right hand frames 25`vin Fig. `1, `controlling the ejection of two dimes and a quarter of a dollar, and the second and third frames 25 from the right in said figure, each of which controls the ejectionmf two cents at a time; giving a total sum vof 4.9. In like manner the button marked lis disposed upon a bar 7 which has buta .single lug- 45 and vthat adapted to control the in Fig. l, and so on.

Since the leverage changes slightly in going from the upper tier of buttons to the lower tier of the same, if desired, the springs 4l -of the uppermost vtier may be made slightly stronger orv stiffer 'than those for the next lower tier and so on grading down to provide thelightest springs for the lowermost row of buttons.

The plugs 42 may be of graded thickness, if desired, according to the remoteness of the row in which they are disposed from the pivotal aXes of the grids. This provides for successively shorter springs which may be correspondingly stiffer; while the reduced extremity 43 of each of the bars 7 may be made ofsufiicient length to insure the abutment ofsaid extremity against the corresponding lug 44and thereby provide a stop for said han It evident that the button bearing the numeral l, which will actuate the left hand framr25, needs less travel to veffect the ejection of the coin controlled thereby than does the button'marked 46, for example,..in the upper row of said buttons, and the graded stops for the push bars hence prevent undue rotation of any given grid, no matter by what element 7 such grid be actuated.

`left hand frame 25 n The buttons maybe conveniently screwed or otherwise secured upon the outer reduced extremities 46 of the bars 7, as by means of cement. or the like, after the mechanism has lugs 47 upon the back thereof into which may be screwed shoulder screws 48 and the heads of these screws are entered into the enlarged or circular portions ef key-holelike lapertures 49 in the lower portion ofthe front plate 4;v the Shanks of the studs 48' dropping down into the reduced portions 50 of said openings and thereby holding the said tray firmly in place.

The coin tray is adapted to retain coins thereinl in stacks and to hold such coins against inadvertent displacement. It is v preferablydisposed somewhatat an angle to the perpendicular' and the bottoms of each of' the ribs 51 are cut away, as at 52, to permit of the' egress of but one coin at a time in each lcase with the exception of the two columns fremY which itis intended to eject vtwo penniesfat a time.

In front `of the ,trays is a hopper 53 shaped preferably substantially as shown in Figs. l and 2; and it will be observed that'the rear rwall of thisI hopper slopes forwardly toward the Afront wall and has its bottom edgeI sufficiently' close to vsaid front wall 55 to prevent even dirnes from falling completely Aover flatwise; 1n other words, every coin ejected which is capable of impinging against the sloping lateral walls 56 of the hopperis so guided thereafter that it willl in all instances roll down said sloping wall "for a portion, at least, of the length of the llatterywhich expedites the delivery of s aid coin.

The coins deposited inthe hopper will,if .the'fiap or coin retaining or holding means 57, which closes the opening inthe bottom thereof, be not closed, emerge through said opening;

butfthis` closure is normally retained in yits closed position bymeans of a coiled spring 58 mounted upon the rod or shaft 59 upon which is 'pivoted the said iapl The preferred construction of flap is that shown in Fig'l wherein itis made of sheet metal, looped laround to provide'a bearing for the reception of the shaft 59 and having one ol its sides adapted to extend out substantially lioriaontal to close the opening in the bottom of the'hopper,l while its other side 60' extends downwardly, lpreferably slightly forward from the perpendicular, to provide an actuating lever for the closure. As best shown inFig. 5, the springy 58 is received in a recess 61 cut or slotted through the bearing portion of the flap; one' end of the spring 58 being secured to the shaft 59,

which latter is preferably fixed in any suitp able manner. A somewhat U-shaped operating lever 62 is also looselymounted upon this shaft and b'oth it and the flap may be held against vlongitudinal displacement with respect to said shaft by pins, or .the like.

The provision of `Ithis'lever is believed to be distinctively novel since whenpushed back bythe'nger or lingers of 'theoperator it '6'5 not only opens the hopper'. closure\57 yby reason of the engagement between the lower extremity of the operating `arm 60 of the latter but further drives rearwardly a link 63 able ears mounted upon substantially the median line ofthe U shaped lever; and this link in turn rocks the lower arm 65 of a lever mounted upon a fixed shaft 66 and which is pivotally connected at 64 to suitthereby' swings the upper ,arm 67'of said' lever forwardly. The upper extremityof the arm 67 ma have a slotted connection 68 with the'pin if sponds to the pocket containing 50 pieces;

but which lever in this case need have nov link 22. Pin 17 in this `particular instance is suiliciently extended sothat the ends thereof may ride.in the slots at theupper extremities of the bifurcated arm 67. Hence when the lever 62 is pushed inwardly it effects the of the lever 18 which corre` ej'ection of one ,50e piece, per actuation,

looped out at 69 to provide stop /which the-finger is practically certain'to feel and which furtheipi'events the finger from slip-V ping dov-'hardly along the lever f6() as the latter is pushed inwardly. vOnthe,other hand, when it is* desired to actuate the closure 57 and to simultaneously eject a 50e piece the curvt-d conformation of the bottom of the lever 62 together with its disposition below projection 60 of the flap 60, insures the operators engagement of said lever 62 by the senselof touch. T oy further facilitate the actuation of this latter, a part of the lever GZrpreferably is made to swing in a ref cess 7 0. provided in the base 2 of thevcasing; so that when thengers of the operator are inserted below the hopper so. that they are directly or almost in contact with. the surface ofthe counter'or table uponwhich theA mechanism rests, they will encounter lever'l 62 alone, while on the other hand when the f Y operators fingers clear ,the counter` by a f moderate amount and are inserted almostyfy immediately below the closurev57, they will actuate only the latter; the arm 0'swinging backwardly away from the arm 62 4 and the fingers entering the oval space '71 in l.:

said leven- It will be ,noted-l that thefi'stackof 50e` f.

pieces 'is'.almost immediately `over the cen-ter. oftheopening in 'the hopper/.so that coins ejected from this stack drop immediately and directly into the'handof the operator; no time being lost by causing such coins to roll down the slot 56.

The general mode. of operation of the mechanism may nov.' be hrieliy described:

Assuming that the coin tray is in place upon the front plane' fl' and that its pockets have been filled 'with coins 'of the indicated denominations; now it the amount ol: change required he less than 50u the operator pushes ythe corresponding hutton which, let us say, is -l0. This effects a longitudinal. displacement of the corresponding push bar against the action of its springand as this har carries three lugs '45 one of which .is adapted for engagement with the right hand or 'ten cent frame 25; the second of which is in engagement with the twenty-tive cent controlling frame, i. e. the third from the right; and the third of which will displace the live cent controlling frame next adjacent to the latter, to the left. said three frames Will hence be rocked and their respective links 2:2 will swing'the corresponding levers 1S and/thereby effect the p ejection oi one e' piece, onedime and one 5e piece or nickel, making the required 40e This money will immediately drop into theA hopper 53 and may he removed therefrom 1 at the convenience ot' the operator by pressing inwardly slightly upon the -fiap arm 60. Itk may be noted in this connection that owing to the .fact that all of the coins ,when

Vin contact with closurev' are angularly disposed 'with respect to the same and' by reason of the rearward slope of the Wall 54 and perpendicular ivall of the hopper, such coins'will have their forward extremities in contact with the bottom of the Wall' gle the 'dropping coins would have a tend-- ency to wedge it y`open and hence force their \va \7 out: .or otherwise a much stronger spring 5S would have to he provided or some similar provision made. If now it he desired to eject e instead of 40o, as for example. ifa 10c purchase has been made and a dollar has been tendered to the clerk,

"" theclerk again presses the 40e button .which deposits 4055 in change inthe hopper; but in this case instead of keeping the fingers vwell clear ot' the counter. the clerk drops them down `ton'a rd the latter until they just graze it, when his fingers ivill Aobviously encounter the lever and this lever when swung baclci 1ardly effects the ejection of the 50# piece in the manner above described. 4this man augmenting those in the hopper to i'nahe a zotal of We, the desired change;

It is more 'desirable to which drops down into the lingers or palm at the operatorA lf a two dollar bill had heen tendered `tor the lOe purchase, 'the 40e button '\\'o\ild l1ave been pressed and instead o'lI mea-ely swinging' hack the lever 62 av sin- L'le time. such lever would be operated thrhfe: cach actuation thereof dropping 50c into the palm ot' the operator, -Whoiwould hence haw drawn $1.90 from the mechanical cashier.

lt only mnains to he added that after the4 eject-ion ot' any given coin from its corresponding pocket h i' its ejector, the column y or stack of coins in said pocket immediately vdrops and presses down the nose l5r ofthe next operation of themechanism. .If the button has been pressed `to effect the desired ejection of change to 'the hopper, the corresponding spring 4l pushes thelbar 7 of such button outto its' normal position as soon'as the finger isremoved fromthe keyl In Fig. 6 I have shown a slight modification of the mechanism in question, somewhat diagrammatically. In this oase instead of .pivoting the rock frames or grids at their lower extremities, said frames have been pivoted substantially at thefcenters thereof,

i as at 36 with the exception o-thehframe or clement which controls the ejection of 50c pieces; which in thepresent instance has been designated 72v and Which'is pivoted at its upper side orv end. Herein the links 22 and ejectors have been virtually combined intoa single element in each case, the ejector properl having its body portion 14 directly pivoted at 73 to the-lower side of the corresponding rock frame 25". Here, as in the case of the links`22, the length of the link proper 14 will vary according to the distance back from'the coin'tray to the corresponding rock frame. It willA be understood that in this ligure, owing to its diagrammatic character, lines have been used wherever practicable to represent extended parts. A lug '74 upon each of the members 14 haslpivotally connected thereto a rod 27 which in turn is connected to a spring 29A', so that the latter normally retracts all of the ejectors and holds the rock frames in their proper normal positions, asin the previously described mechanism.

The special mechanism for ejecting 50c pieces may he substantially the Ysame as in the preceding case save that the operating l arm 67 which extends upwardly from the connection 75.

Other parts in this modified construction Y which are similar in form, and function to corresponding parts-1n the mechanism shown in Fig. I have been correspondingly designated and need not be further described.

The mounting `of the ejectors independently of the coin tray is of considerable ad- Avantage since it permits of thev removal of said tray and the placing of it, when desired, upon its back on' a counter or the like Without the possibility of the inadvertent ejection of coins therefrom by said ejectors; while by thus mounting all operative parts Within the casing a very compact and practical construction is otherwise afforded.

' The advantage of thus providing means for ejecting a coin, of preferably relatively large denominations, by the same movement which frees the smaller change from the hopper is a considerable one in that it permits of the reduction of the numbeznoflkeys to a minimum; in the exemplified construction but 49 of such keys being provided, and-this number suflicing to make change up to practically any desired amount. It will hence be seen thatthe number of parts in my construction are reduced substantially to a minimum while the cost of manufacturing is relatively but small.

It is preferred to use sheet metal practically throughout owing to the facility with which parts may be stamped or struck up out of such material while at the same time affording adequate rigidity to such parts. In this connection it may be noted that practically all parts made of sheet metal whichl *are subJe'cted to bending stresses have either been vdisposed edgeivise tothe stress, Vas in liso the ejectors 14, or have been flanged as in the case of the rock framesand levers 18.

The substantially vertical disposition of the grids materially favors the construction of the mechanism with a small base, which is extremely desirablewhere said mechanism is emplaced uponstore counters, and the utility of a novel detail of construction.

for'the flap arm 60, when the closure 57 is 4 actuated alone; the ,rearward thrust 'upon yarm GOvbeng sustained-by the part of the arm betweenits bend 76 androd 66 in such .manner that thereA is practically no veo tendency to rotate arm 65.

Having thus descr'ibed my invention what Iclaimis:4

1. In a'coin handling mechanism, a series of keys, a series of grids, supporting elements for the latter. pivotal connections be- In conclusion I desire to point out the I swingingly displacing one or more of' said grids .in accordance with the keys actuated, a coin receptacle, and means controlled by said grids for ejecting coins of different denominations from said receptacle in accord'- ance with the grids operatively displaced.

2. In a coin handling mechanism, a series of keys, a series of pivotally mounted grids, key operated elements normally extending through said grills and having. parts adapted to selectively engage said grids whereby to swing the latter, a coin receptacle, yand means actuated by said grids for effecting the displacement of coins from said recep` tacle. 3. In a coin handling mechanism, a series of grids, a series of bars normally extending through said grids and adapted for movement in the direction of the length of said bars, said bars having shouldered parts for selectively displacing said grids by pressure thereagainst when said bars are displaced in the direction of their length, coin compartments, and means controlled by said grids for eecting the displacement of coins from said compartments.

4. In a coin handling mechanism, a series of keys, a series of pivotally mounted apertured plates,.a series of bars normally extendingthrough the apertures in said plates, said bars having shoulders for selectively rocking said plates by pressure thereagainst when said bars are operated, coin compartments, and a series of means each of which is controlled by one of said plates, for effecting the displacement of coins from said compartments.

5. In a coin handling mechanism, a series of keys, a series of substantially vertically vdisposed.apertured grids relatively movable with respect to each other, means extending through the aperture of said grids for se- -lectively moving said grids in accordance with the key actuated, coin compartments, the axes of which extend in substantial parallelism with the general planes of said grids, means controlled by said grids for effecting the .displacementof coins horizontally from said compartments, and a casing' for said grids adapted to occupy but, relatively small space when placed upon a adapted to selectivelyV actuate the same, a series of coin compartments or receptacles, a seriesof coin ejectors, a series of levers to which sai l electors are pivotally connected,

through said grids and having means and a series oi springs each of which is individually adapted to normally hold the cor'- responding ejector' .both upwardly toward its coin compartment and outwardly toward a side thereof, said springs further individually adapted to swing both said levers and said grids -into determined and normally occupied lpositions.

vS. In a coin handling mechanism, a coin` hopper having means to normally retain coins therein, means for freeing said coins and means to direct-ly co-act With a part of said coin freeing means to add an additional coin to said freed coins as the latter are relea sed from said hopper.

9. In a coin handling mechanism, coin repositories, means for effecting the displacementof coins therefrom, means to receive and hold said coins, and mechanical means to release said coins from said holding means while adding a coin of determined value thereto.

l0. In a coin handling mechanism, coin repositories, means for effecting the displacement of coins therefrom, mea-ns to receive and hold said coins, means movable inde- -pendently to release said coins, and means adapted to co-act With said last mentioned means to release said coins While adding a coin'ot1 determined value thereto.

11. In a coin handling mechanism, a series of coin repositories, means for leffecting delivery or' coins therefrom, means for receiving and holding said delivered coins, and in'eclianical connective means* for augmenting the number of said coins While releasing the same from said holding means.

l2. Ina coin handling mechanism, a receptacle into which coins are delivered, said receptacle adapted to retain said coins there'- in. in combination with mechanical connective means for effecting a delivery of said Vsaid receptacle, ay coin repository, and means for simultaneously actuating said releasing part and ejecting a coin from said repository, said releasing part adapted for independent actuation, and a. part of said last mentioned means being adapted to act as a stop for said releasing part when independently actuated.

l5. In a coin handling mechanism, a receptacle having compartment for coins of different sizes, the compartments for coins of relatively the largest size being intermediately disposed between others of said compartments, an apertured hopper' for receiving coins ejected from said receptacle, and meansfor ejecting said coins, other y than those of the largest size, separate means for ejecting the latter, said coins of largest size adapted when ejectedto fall substantially directly .through the aperture in said hopper, and mechanical means for discharging said 'hopper simultaneously with the actuation of said separate ejecting means.

16. In a coin handling mechanism, a receptacle having compartments for coins of different sizes, means for ejecting coins fromsaid compartments, Aand a hopper having a. sloping Walled bottom leading Vto an aperture therein and having provisions for insuring that said ejectedcoins whichA may encounter said bottom, shall roll edgeivise downwardly thereover toward said aperture, one at least of said compartments being adapted to deliver substantially directly to said aperture, said hopper having further a closure for said aperture adapted to retain said ejected coins.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in the presence of tivo witnesses.

CHARLES P. HIDDEN. IVitnesses:

S. B. PITMAN, N. L. DONAHUE. 

